Oven Roasted Pigs Head Lechon

Serves 6-8 | 6½ – 7 hours cooking | 15 mins preparation | Overnight in fridge While we cook with the heart sometimes we have to use the head, or to be more precise a pigs head in this case. With crispy ears and meaty snout and cheeks a pigs head provides a variety of…

Crispy pork belly – using belly slices

Serves 2 | 40 mins cooking | 10 mins preparation Single large pieces of pork belly are not always available in the supermarket or they have already been smothered in some sort of sauce so for those times I compromise and use pork belly slices. the cooking process is largely the same for doing a…

Half Gurkha Chicken Curry

Serves 4 | 1hr 15 mins cooking | 10 mins preparation Looking for something different to do with chicken thighs I came across a recipe by Jamie Oliver for Gurkha Chicken Curry. As normal with lots of these chef’s recipe’s unless I know ahead of time and plan my shopping to make their recipe’s I…

Pan Fried Mackerel fillets with beetroot and fennel salad

Serves 2 | 4 mins cooking | 10 mins preparation With the fennel and beetroot this is an earthy salad which is made vibrant with the lemon and yoghurt dressing. Mackerel fillets contain lots of beneficial fats. While you can test your knife skills with all the fine chopping I would suggest using a mandolin…